Catholic advocates ‘deeply troubled’ by alleged abuse of migrant kids in US-funded shelters July 25, 2024By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Immigration and Migration, News, World News Catholic immigration and anti-trafficking advocates are expressing grave concern over alleged systemic sexual abuse of unaccompanied migrant children by staff of a private contractor for the U.S. government.
Black Catholic hero of charity, fed by the Eucharist, inspires faithful to holiness December 3, 2023By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Black Catholic Ministry, Feature, News, Saints, World News Pierre Toussaint, declared “venerable” in 1997 by St. John Paul II, was born into slavery in St. Mark, Haiti, (then known as the French colony of Saint-Domingue) in 1766 and died a free man in New York in 1853.
More than half a million kids pray global rosary for peace in Holy Land October 20, 2023By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Conflict in the Middle East, Feature, News, World News Amid the Israel-Hamas war, more than half a million children across the world prayed the rosary for peace.
Fortified by Eucharist, U.S. Catholic priest negotiates ‘fragile’ Haiti gang truce September 14, 2023By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, World News A Philadelphia-born priest has negotiated a truce among several gang leaders in Haiti, inviting them to “work hard to end violence” in the troubled nation.
‘Prayer is real’: Buffalo Bills’ Damar Hamlin recovers from near-fatal hit January 10, 2023By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Sports, World News Buffalo Bills football player Damar Hamlin has united the nation and the world in prayer, supporters said at a Jan. 9 community vigil held in the injured NFL player’s hometown of McKees Rocks, Pa.
Zelenskyy shows ‘Americans need Ukraine,’ says Archbishop Gudziak December 24, 2022By Gina Christian Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, War in Ukraine, World News Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is a powerful symbol of eternal values, said the head of Ukrainian Catholics in the United States.
Crypto technology a moment for ‘hope,’ Catholic entrepreneur says November 14, 2022By Gina Christian Catholic News Service Filed Under: Fiscal Services, News, World News A Catholic author and entrepreneur is inviting the church to engage with new technologies poised to revolutionize not only finance, but society itself.
Catholic nurses draw on faith, fellowship to be ‘hands and feet of Christ’ August 22, 2022By Gina Christian Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, World News Members of the National Association of Catholic Nurses USA gathered Aug. 2-4 at the National Shrine of Our Lady of Czestochowa for a world congress that blended spirituality with specifics on best practices in the field.
Teen trauma, impaired brain development seen as factors in gun violence July 5, 2022By Gina Christian Catholic News Service Filed Under: Child & Youth Protection, Feature, News, World News Gun violence in Philadelphia highlights the deep-seated trauma and developmental issues experienced by many of the city’s youth, said an Archdiocese of Philadelphia mental health professional.
Despite invasion, nuns say they’ll remain in Ukraine to serve the people February 25, 2022By Gina Christian Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, War in Ukraine, World News Women religious in Ukraine are facing Russia’s full-scale invasion of that nation with determined faith and a commitment to service.
U.S. Ukrainian Catholic bishops urge prayer, fasting for peace in Ukraine February 14, 2022By Gina Christian Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, World News As fears of a Russian invasion of Ukraine continue to mount, the Ukrainian Catholic bishops of the U.S. have called for a three-day prayer vigil “for peace and the conversion of the hearts of those who preach violence and escalate war.”
